{"id":794710,"date":"2025-03-26T05:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=794710"},"modified":"2025-03-26T05:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:36:04","slug":"asteroid-2025-fy6-flew-past-earth-at-just-0-05-ld-on-march-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=794710","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid 2025 FY6 flew past Earth at just 0.05 LD on March 23"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Asteroid 2025 FY6 is the 38th<\/sup> known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 LD since the start of the year and the 12th<\/sup> so far this month. It is also the second-closest asteroid flyby of the year, after 2025 BP6 on January 26 at 0.025 LD.<\/p>\n

It was first observed at the Kitt Peak-Bok, Arizona, at 08:20 UTC on March 23 \u2014 approximately 11 hours before the close approach.<\/p>\n

The object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and has an estimated diameter between 1.7 and 3.9 m (5.6\u201312.8 feet).<\/p>\n

Image credit: CNEOS, The Watchers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Image credit: CNEOS, The Watchers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our collective sky surveys have discovered 715 Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) this year and 180 so far this month, making an all-time total of 38 134.<\/p>\n

11 245 of them are larger than 140 m (460 feet) and 158 are larger than 1 km (0.62 miles).<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Asteroid 2025 FY6 \u2013 CNEOS \u2013 Accessed March 26, 2025<\/p>\n

2<\/sup> Asteroid 2025 FY6 \u2013 MPC \u2013 Accessed March 26, 2025<\/p>\n


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